Hospital Hours Part 2
This round of ChaosLife strips is a little different from the usual format, because as you can see, K spent some time in the hospital earlier this month.
Without getting into too long of a summary, it all started when K started experiencing complications (malnourishment/dehydration) from some food poisoning we caught. Once in the ER, she started going into shock and, a hurried round of tests and treatments later, they discovered her liver hasn’t been functioning at 100% and that she had a paraesophageal hernia on top of everything. We wound up staying for a few nights while she was given enough glucose, vitamins, and IV fluids to fill a small pool, while they simultaneously did more blood tests on her than I think I’ve had in my entire life.
We sporadically stayed in touch via social media, and the amount of love and well-wishes sent our way was overwhelmingly sweet and much needed. Thank you to everyone who reached out, we love you all so much. <3 This was a sudden, scary event that could have gone a lot worse and I can’t tell you how lucky I feel that we’re back at home together, able to share a slightly more serious slice-of-our-lives with a happy ending, after all.
We’ll be back with sillier comics and the next chapter of FindChaos right away, but let me tell you: this month was a doozy.
Bonus Photos!
K’s ER round of IVs. Oooh, technology!
The caption was approved of by K. K on a lot of valium, but K nonetheless.
But the view!
It came with some pretty terrific sunsets.
She was getting pretty antsy by this time.
Finally reunited with the cats. Jiji was the happiest.
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Holy cow cookies, that is a terrifying thing to realize. Imagine the immediate panic button is wondering if it is more serious than previously thought, followed by wondering how often people did there for that to be the initial response. Then hoping you just looked so haggard that she thought that and that everything is possibly fine?
DB, unfortunately nurses and other hospital staff see death all too often, even when things start out seeming like very minor problems. A lot of the time, a small problem can be hiding something much bigger, and nurses tend to see that happen a LOT. It’s no surprise that many of them, if a patient suddenly vanishes, assumed they died.
As a nurse I can 100% testify we can freak out some times. Especially if people are making a great recovery and suddenly complications galore. Its just sudden sometimes, even during our breaks, so we aren’t 100% sure of what happened if we weren’t around, and the result is this. Glad you’re both ok!